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Organization Week: Specific Solutions (Part 1)

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Welcome to Day Six of Organization Week!  Links to all of the "Organization Week" posts are available by clicking on the "Organization Week" image in the far right column of my blog. 

For our final two days of "Organization Week," we're going to talk about some specific storage solutions.  Remember, you can't organize the way anybody else does unless your brain works the same way.  So steal what works for you, and leave the rest!

I'm going to share two ideas with you today that both involve repurposing storage I bought for another purpose.

In my studio there is a "hallway" that was created by the placement of the desk.

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I didn't want to lose that wall space, so I invented some very flat storage for it.

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You can see that along the bottom of the wall I hung a bunch of wire grids.  I have my embellishments grouped by type (that's the way my brain works) on book rings, hanging from these wire grids.

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Each grouping is clearly labeled:

 

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I can take the book rings down and bring them to my desk.  I can look up and be inspired by something I see hanging there. And this is a solution that works for my style of creating (I don't use a ton of embellishments, so they're out of my main area).

 

My wire grids are the detritis from cheap wire grid cube storage I used to use, that fell apart when we moved.  But I was in The Container Store the other day and I saw this display:

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So brilliant!  I want those baskets!  They'd be so perfect for storing so many things!

My second repurposed item is this:

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It's a Clip It Up.  I originally thought I'd put all of my alpha stickers and embellishments on it, but it turned out to be a bit too unstable and didn't hold as much as I thought.  So I ended up putting all of my fat quarters on it.  I have them arranged by color and now it really works for me!  On the top tier I have all my fabric-related mixed media stuff: rubbing plates, Angelina fibers, etc.  Like-with-like and it's all out in the open where I can see it and use it!

And now Kim, Sally Lynn, and Katje are going to share their ideas (remember steal what works for you, and leave the rest)!

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Kim Faucher is back to share her two favorite storage ideas.

There are many storage possibilites out there. I chose ones that reflected my personality and supported the way I create. I have eclectic tastes, and wanted to mix both function and fashion for practically no money, since I would rather spend money on the supplies than the storage.  Yard sales, salvation army stores, Big Lots, dollar stores, friends and families garages are great starts to gathering a mix of containers.

Two areas that were over crowded and cluttering up my space was my huge selection of punches. I had seen tons of ideas where they were in hanging shoe organizers, filed in boxes etc. I knew I would never use my punches if they I had to pull them out or they were hidden. I found these great metal bins in the garden section of Walmart.

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I was also able to put some of the larger punches in a couple old Easter baskets that I cut the handles off of. This keeps them neat and tidy, but still a quick grab. 

Another area of frustration for many crafters is clear stamps. With the rise of acrylic stamps out there, everyone's inventories are growing and its impossible to use them or know what you have unless they are organized in the way you create. I like to use large three ring binders, page protectors and slip transparencies right into them). 

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There are several examples of this on the internet and many companies even sell acrylic stamp storage.  I also use old CD cases. I had a ton of CD covers/cases that I don’t use for music or software. I use the blank case and add temporary adhesive to the stamp and store them right inside the case.

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Then all my cases stack in these CD stack boxes:

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I even use one storage box for ink pads. This also makes them portable so I can stamp in other rooms!

Thanks so much for letting me share my storage ideas. Hopefully this will inspire you to find storage containers that allow you to spend more time creating, add some personality to your room and be able to clean up!

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Sally Lynn MacDonald has some fantastic organizational ideas.

COPIC MARKERS

There are a LOT of them, right?  346 is the current color collection, with a dozen or more being added on semi-yearly.  The majority of the systems I've encountered for organizing them are desktop units, wall units and totes that are too 'bucket-ish' for me.  I wanted something in-between the lovely labeled store displays and a simple marker stand – but on the wall.  I want it labeled, so when something is out of place or missing, it will be obvious.  There is little worse when you are coloring with Copics to reach up for a marker that suits your needs, and it isn't there.

Here is my solution, made from CD holders:

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Three units covers the entire collection of 346, extra shelf for a few spare blender pens, my glitter pens and a big, honkin' bottle of blender solution.  Essentially there is room to grow.  So if Copic decides to release more pen colors in the future (or the end of this month!), I'll have that magical number twelve covered.

To read all about how to put together this amazing storage unit from CD holders, read this post on Sally Lynn's blog.

STAMP ORGANIZATION

I have a ginormous collection of stamps.  The never-ending problem is knowing what you have, and being able to find it

In the beginning, you have a few images. Typically, it doesn't take much to have an inventory in your head. And if you can physically see them all – aren’t you lucky! But that is like buying the small tote when you are a scrapbooker. What are you thinking? It's a nirvana that doesn't last. Sooner or later, your collection grows and you find yourself buying duplicate themes, without realizing it. Not that there's anything wrong with that — but if it is because you aren't organized — it is time to fix that problem.

I’ve been growing this collection for thirteen years.  After much trial and error I have a system that is both foolproof and second nature to me now.

Physical Storage –
Bins, Boxes and Binders – oh my!

Lots of people discuss mounted vs. unmounted, clear vs. rubber, but essentially if you love a stamp image, you will buy it no matter how it’s mounted and the result is you will have a mixed bag of every style.   The problem of how to organize, store and catalog them will creep up on you quickly.  This is how I handle my stamp collection.

  • First, I either *unmount my stamps from their wooden block, or take my purchased unmounted stamps and mount them on EZMount. I use regular EZMount for unmounted red rubber, and EZMount Thin for those that have been unmounted from the wood blocks and already have cushion.  Clear stamps don't need any help in that department.

    *The only wood stamps that typically avoid this block carnage are the big background stamps, or alphabets that in my opinion can really use the good support of a permanent mount (or I’m just too lazy to take those suckers apart!)

  • I put the stamps into a  Sterilite Show-Offs CD container for storage. These are labeled with a number.  I used to buy a smaller container for these which you will see in my pictures, but once I found the Sterlite containers, I continued on with them.  They hold more and I don’t want a lid, since not all stamps will fit inside a lidded container.
    • Larger stamp sets that can’t be easily cut down to fit inside this system, such as big honkin’ alphabet stamps go into page protectors and get filed into my ScrapRack.

 Stamp Bins – mostly Sterlite Containers:

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Monogram Stamps/Alpha Chipboard, etc. storage (more on this later):

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ScrapRack/3-Ring Binder Storage (more on this later):

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Digital Storage –
It’s Time to Catalog Your Collection

Once the stamps are physically ready to be used and stored away it's time to add them to the "inventory" system. Gosh, that sounds so official! But it is really accessible and easy to use. I use Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer software to catalog my stamps.  If you have Photoshop CSx you can use the Bridge program for this portion.

  • Take a low-resolution picture with your camera or scan the stamp index or find a picture on the manufacturer’s website.  You only need a 72dpi image.  Grainy is fine, because all you need is a teeny thumbnail and it’s best to keep it small rather than take up a bunch of space on your computer with these.
  • Categorize the image. 
    • As your collection grows you will quickly discover that you cannot physically store stamps by category. It’s an unnecessary burden.  So build that into your system from the beginning. This way, when Container 1 gets full, you move on to Container 2. You don't think, 'Winter is full, do I need to buy another container for Winter?' No! If you know what you have, you don't need to containerize by theme – your computer is going to do the categorizing for you.
  • Place the physical stamp into a container and make note of the container number in your digital file.

Here is a screen capture of the Organizer tool. 

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I then create Keyword Sub-Categories as I see fit for cataloguing the stamps. The first category shown here is Stamps and the sub-categories are shown collapsed below. You could go as detailed as creating categories for wood-mounted, cling-mounted and clear; if you wanted to. I don't go that far with mine. But I do start with basics such as SOLID and LINE DRAWING. And then I cross-categorize them as much as possible.  I also created a main category for Manufacturer.

Here is a screen shot of the keyword part of the screen.

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I’ve opened up all the keyword subcategories under the Animal keyword so you can see how little or how much detail you can add.  I even have a category for "Stuffed" – not the taxidermy ones, mind you.  I mean teddy bears and sock monkeys!  But I guess if you hunt – to each his own.  This can be added to at any time and cross categorized.  So flexible!

Let me share an example:

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This stamp is categorized by keywords:

  • Manufacturer (Red Lead)
  • Birds
  • ATC-Sized
  • Collage
  • Nest
  • Line Drawing
  • Nature
  • Realistic
  • Sentiments

So I can find it by clicking on any or all of these categories.

So now I’m going to go searching, because that wasn’t the bird stamp that I wanted for my project.  So I’m going to click on Animals > Birds and on Music.  And this is the result. 

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Two stamps come up.  One individual stamp and one is a set with two stamps in it that fit the bill.  How easy is that?

Finally, I use the captioning mechanism to store the kind of details you might need if you intend to submit to a publication, or sell your stamps (I know, shocking idea!) at any time.

Let me show you an example:

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This stamp says, in its caption: BG-15 Big Pompano Fred B. Mullett $21.50

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Digital Album = Physical Container

Now how do I take this great categorization and actually go find those stamps in my studio?  I create Albums for each of my Bins that I store the stamps in.  Each album is a physical container.

I have BINS by number (these are the Sterlite containers).  I have MONOGRAM BINS (these are the cardboard boxes that I keep my larger alphabet letters in, be it chipboard, metal or individual large monogram-sized stamps.  And I have the Scraprack.

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I simply drag the stamp image into the appropriate container (both physically and digitally!) and that’s where I can find it in the future.  I can also know exactly where to put a stamp when I’m done using it.

And if I’ve loaned out a stamp to a friend – yep, they get an album with their name on it.  I know where my stamps are at all times, missy!

Makes things simpler, doesn't it? No big clunky image binder or rolodex to keep up-to-date. Easy to reorganize and add on to at any time. I have to say, I decided to do this a long time ago and as long as I keep my discipline in the maintaining of it – I cannot fathom a better way to organize my stamp collection.

I can provide my keyword list if you feel that will help you to get started.  It isn't importable or anything like that.  But if you'd like me to send it to you just send an e-mail (sally DOT lynn DOT macdonald AT gmail DOT com) and I’ll send you the keywords as a little cheat sheet to get started in creating your own system.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Katje Lehrman is here to share a great tip on making your embossing powders easy to find.

Like most craft-a-holics, I am a collector. When I find a product I like I pretty much buy it in every color, shape, and style. And like many artists I am visually organized — I gotta see it!

Well, I love embossing powder. As you know it usually comes in clear cylindrical jars with plain white tops — great when displayed on wire racks in the store. But I don't have wire racks at home.  I keep them in these Iris plastic scrapbook storage boxes.

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The problem with storing them upright in boxes or bins is you can only see the white tops. I realized I could apply embossing ink directly to the white tops and that I could find the right jar more easily. 

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Someday, I will have a dedicated craft space with customized storage that allows easy access to my supplies. But for today (and probably a while after that) my supplies are relegated to boxes. Knowing and seeing what is inside each box helps me to craft outside the box (literally).

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I have done the same thing that Katje did with her embossing powders with my paints…

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…and mists…

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…and ink pads.

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Not only does it make it easy to find what you're looking for, but you can see the true colors of your supplies as well.  And you'll remember that Sally Lynn also color labeled all of her Copics.  Visuals are important to using what you have.  Labels are very important.  I like to use little tags to label all of my drawers:

 

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This helps me remember exactly where things go.  It truly makes the "putting away" aspect of organized storage so easy.

 

Today, your assignment is to label.  Label what you're storing where.  Label your products so they're easy to find.  Here are some labeling tips:

  • Office supply stores are great sources for labels and tags.
  • Go through your supply of scrapbooking embellishments.  You may find some cute labels and journaling spots that can be converted to labels.
  • Grab letter stickers and rub-ons if you hate your handwriting.
  • Consider numbering your boxes if you're using a computerized system like Sally Lynn.
  • Labeling your paint collection is as easy as a dirty finger and ten minutes of time.  Simply unscrew your paints and add a dab of that color to the cap.
  • Some labels will need a bit of extra adhesive.  The ones on the tops of my mists each have a glue dot underneath them.
  • Label your space so that a friend could come and put away your stuff for you.
  • If it's too hard to write the label to describe what's in that drawer/container/bin, then it probably shouldn't be stored together.

Thanks for stopping by!  And happy labeling!

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About the Contributors:

Sepia cameraHi everyone. My name is Kim Faucher. Many know me as kimosabescraps online. I have been scrapbooking, stamping and crafting for over 10 years. I am married, a  mother of two kids and one puppy, two fish and a snail. Recently I enrolled at Rhode Island School of Design to get a certificate in drawing and painting. I love exploring all types of art, crafts and photography. I have served on several design teams and currently design for Donna Salazar Designs. I have been fortunate to have been published in Cards, Scrapbook Trends and appear regularly in ScrapStreet ezine. I love spending time in my studio, drinking coffee, mingling with friends on Facebook, listening to music and being outside in nature.
I always look forward to sharing tips and techniques with online friends and talking about art with others. Thanks for letting me share my studio organization tips with you.

Biopic2011Sally Lynn MacDonald has been an avid mixed-media artist since 1998, when her first child was born. Subsequently, after the birth of twins, she quit her high-tech career at IBM to be home with her growing family. "This is when random acts of creativity became a survival skill!" she says.

She has been a professional instructor for several years, specializing in techniques and multi-surface applications. She travels extensively, teaching workshops at stores and events throughout the United States and Canada.

Her most recent assignment was with the C-Thru Ruler company, makers of the brands Déjà Views, Little Yellow Bicycle and ART-C Mixed Media products as the Creative Director for the Art-C brand.

She is a member of the Copic Marker Design Team and was on the certification instructor team for the past two years. She does sample and catalog work for several companies, including Faber Castell. In addition she has been a certified and/or endorsed instructor for 7 Gypsies, Art-C, Clear Scraps, Graphic 45, Little Yellow Bicycle, Prima, Ranger, Tattered Angels and US Art Quest.

Her prior design team and guest blogger experiences include such wonderful companies as Cosmo Cricket, Hero Arts, Prima, Spellbinders and Tattered Angels.

You may have seen her on a couple of nationally televised segments on HGTV’s popular craft series, ‘That’s Clever!’.

She is developing self-paced, video and instructor-led workshops online, to be live in 2012.

Sally Lynn and her husband Neil have been married for nearly twenty-five years and live in Connecticut with their three children, Brianna and the "Twinkies," Cameron and Courtney.

Keep up with her colorful adventures on her blog and on Facebook.

Me4Katje Lehrman

I have been the artsy-craftsy type as long as I can remember. I would imagine that I learned how to walk just so I could get to the paper. I saved candy wrappers, ribbon scraps, yarn, catalog photos, and other enchanted things as a small child. And I always fixed my coloring books by drawing elaborate backgrounds and additional characters to the pages.  I was lucky to attend a high school that had several art classes before going to art school.  After art school I became an elementary school teacher…or art director to a group of horizontally challenged people. 

I am a craft-a-holic who draws, paints, knits, crochets, sews, beads, stamps, folds, cuts, binds, collages, up-cycles, and makes paper with the left-overs.  Wow! You would never know that I can tweet with characters to spare…wouldja?

My blog is http://katjewave.blogspot.com

 

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a painter, printmaker, and collage artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Her artwork investigates the interplay of identity and perception, inviting viewers to take a longer look. Julie works in layers, both physically and metaphorically, exploring what is visible and what is concealed. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops and her online classroom at MyArtPractice.com. Julie's achievements include high-profile clients, multiple publications - including her book, “Carve Stamp Play” - and exhibits in New York City and throughout Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Brown University.

80 thoughts on “Organization Week: Specific Solutions (Part 1)

  • THANKS for sharing all the great ideas and information! The organizational posts have been helpful to me as I am currently sorting and organizing my craft room. 🙂

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  • THANKS for sharing all the great ideas and information! The organizational posts have been helpful to me as I am currently sorting and organizing my craft room. 🙂

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  • THANKS for sharing all the great ideas and information! The organizational posts have been helpful to me as I am currently sorting and organizing my craft room. 🙂

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  • THANKS for sharing all the great ideas and information! The organizational posts have been helpful to me as I am currently sorting and organizing my craft room. 🙂

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  • THANKS for sharing all the great ideas and information! The organizational posts have been helpful to me as I am currently sorting and organizing my craft room. 🙂

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  • The new uses for CD holders are especially exciting to me, because I’ve always had a hankering for those CD storage boxes to go with them. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful collection of ideas, ladies!! My brain is working overtime to process all the suggestions for my own craft space.

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  • The new uses for CD holders are especially exciting to me, because I’ve always had a hankering for those CD storage boxes to go with them. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful collection of ideas, ladies!! My brain is working overtime to process all the suggestions for my own craft space.

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  • The new uses for CD holders are especially exciting to me, because I’ve always had a hankering for those CD storage boxes to go with them. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful collection of ideas, ladies!! My brain is working overtime to process all the suggestions for my own craft space.

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  • The new uses for CD holders are especially exciting to me, because I’ve always had a hankering for those CD storage boxes to go with them. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful collection of ideas, ladies!! My brain is working overtime to process all the suggestions for my own craft space.

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  • The new uses for CD holders are especially exciting to me, because I’ve always had a hankering for those CD storage boxes to go with them. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful collection of ideas, ladies!! My brain is working overtime to process all the suggestions for my own craft space.

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  • absolutely wonderful ideas to simplify tools & get to better creating…THANK YOU MUCH! blest be 🙂

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  • absolutely wonderful ideas to simplify tools & get to better creating…THANK YOU MUCH! blest be 🙂

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  • absolutely wonderful ideas to simplify tools & get to better creating…THANK YOU MUCH! blest be 🙂

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  • absolutely wonderful ideas to simplify tools & get to better creating…THANK YOU MUCH! blest be 🙂

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  • absolutely wonderful ideas to simplify tools & get to better creating…THANK YOU MUCH! blest be 🙂

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  • Whoa! Thanks for several GREAT ideas! I’m fairly organized despite the fact that I don’t have a craft space of my own; but these ideas will help me refine the organization.

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  • Whoa! Thanks for several GREAT ideas! I’m fairly organized despite the fact that I don’t have a craft space of my own; but these ideas will help me refine the organization.

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  • Whoa! Thanks for several GREAT ideas! I’m fairly organized despite the fact that I don’t have a craft space of my own; but these ideas will help me refine the organization.

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  • Whoa! Thanks for several GREAT ideas! I’m fairly organized despite the fact that I don’t have a craft space of my own; but these ideas will help me refine the organization.

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  • Whoa! Thanks for several GREAT ideas! I’m fairly organized despite the fact that I don’t have a craft space of my own; but these ideas will help me refine the organization.

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  • WOW Sally…although I don’t have that many stamps I really appreciate the time you took to explain your system of categorizing all of them. such wonderful and specific ideas today from all of you!

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  • WOW Sally…although I don’t have that many stamps I really appreciate the time you took to explain your system of categorizing all of them. such wonderful and specific ideas today from all of you!

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  • WOW Sally…although I don’t have that many stamps I really appreciate the time you took to explain your system of categorizing all of them. such wonderful and specific ideas today from all of you!

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  • WOW Sally…although I don’t have that many stamps I really appreciate the time you took to explain your system of categorizing all of them. such wonderful and specific ideas today from all of you!

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  • WOW Sally…although I don’t have that many stamps I really appreciate the time you took to explain your system of categorizing all of them. such wonderful and specific ideas today from all of you!

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  • My storage is very functional for me but I have been gleaning some great ideas from this week’s series. I really needed a prompt about labeling. As many times as I get into a drawer I can still forgot the specifics. Labels are necessary.

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  • My storage is very functional for me but I have been gleaning some great ideas from this week’s series. I really needed a prompt about labeling. As many times as I get into a drawer I can still forgot the specifics. Labels are necessary.

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  • My storage is very functional for me but I have been gleaning some great ideas from this week’s series. I really needed a prompt about labeling. As many times as I get into a drawer I can still forgot the specifics. Labels are necessary.

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  • My storage is very functional for me but I have been gleaning some great ideas from this week’s series. I really needed a prompt about labeling. As many times as I get into a drawer I can still forgot the specifics. Labels are necessary.

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  • My storage is very functional for me but I have been gleaning some great ideas from this week’s series. I really needed a prompt about labeling. As many times as I get into a drawer I can still forgot the specifics. Labels are necessary.

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  • The cd case for the clear stamps is an awesome idea!! I’m going to give it a try!

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  • The cd case for the clear stamps is an awesome idea!! I’m going to give it a try!

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  • The cd case for the clear stamps is an awesome idea!! I’m going to give it a try!

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  • The cd case for the clear stamps is an awesome idea!! I’m going to give it a try!

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  • The cd case for the clear stamps is an awesome idea!! I’m going to give it a try!

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  • Love the idea of a digital stamp index. Brilliant. As a digital scrapper who also stamps this would work perfectly for me.

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  • Love the idea of a digital stamp index. Brilliant. As a digital scrapper who also stamps this would work perfectly for me.

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  • Love the idea of a digital stamp index. Brilliant. As a digital scrapper who also stamps this would work perfectly for me.

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  • Love the idea of a digital stamp index. Brilliant. As a digital scrapper who also stamps this would work perfectly for me.

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  • Love the idea of a digital stamp index. Brilliant. As a digital scrapper who also stamps this would work perfectly for me.

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  • Thank you Julie!
    Do you know it never even occurred to me to use the color swatches on my ink pads?
    Looks like it’s another project to undertake.

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  • Thank you Julie!
    Do you know it never even occurred to me to use the color swatches on my ink pads?
    Looks like it’s another project to undertake.

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  • Thank you Julie!
    Do you know it never even occurred to me to use the color swatches on my ink pads?
    Looks like it’s another project to undertake.

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  • Thank you Julie!
    Do you know it never even occurred to me to use the color swatches on my ink pads?
    Looks like it’s another project to undertake.

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  • Thank you Julie!
    Do you know it never even occurred to me to use the color swatches on my ink pads?
    Looks like it’s another project to undertake.

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  • Hi Julie
    AGAIN, great post! Loved the ideas! Specially the storage boards but here in the Netherlands no Container store, neither office labels (and no file folders either). But the ideas are great!

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  • Hi Julie
    AGAIN, great post! Loved the ideas! Specially the storage boards but here in the Netherlands no Container store, neither office labels (and no file folders either). But the ideas are great!

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  • Hi Julie
    AGAIN, great post! Loved the ideas! Specially the storage boards but here in the Netherlands no Container store, neither office labels (and no file folders either). But the ideas are great!

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  • Hi Julie
    AGAIN, great post! Loved the ideas! Specially the storage boards but here in the Netherlands no Container store, neither office labels (and no file folders either). But the ideas are great!

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  • Hi Julie
    AGAIN, great post! Loved the ideas! Specially the storage boards but here in the Netherlands no Container store, neither office labels (and no file folders either). But the ideas are great!

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  • Fabulous ideas all of them!!! My clear stamps are in a bit of a mess right now! LOL! I think i have a project for tonight!

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  • Fabulous ideas all of them!!! My clear stamps are in a bit of a mess right now! LOL! I think i have a project for tonight!

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  • Fabulous ideas all of them!!! My clear stamps are in a bit of a mess right now! LOL! I think i have a project for tonight!

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  • Fabulous ideas all of them!!! My clear stamps are in a bit of a mess right now! LOL! I think i have a project for tonight!

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  • Fabulous ideas all of them!!! My clear stamps are in a bit of a mess right now! LOL! I think i have a project for tonight!

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  • Wow! so i am not the only messy person in the world or person with a messy studio/space. The magazines about studios and woman’s workspace made me think I lived in another universe. Love some of the ideas and re do my labels as they fall off, with the help of a rather bored cat. now must go read the piece by that wonderful person who explained organized mess. Thanks Julie, your series is the REAL thing!

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  • Wow! so i am not the only messy person in the world or person with a messy studio/space. The magazines about studios and woman’s workspace made me think I lived in another universe. Love some of the ideas and re do my labels as they fall off, with the help of a rather bored cat. now must go read the piece by that wonderful person who explained organized mess. Thanks Julie, your series is the REAL thing!

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  • Wow! so i am not the only messy person in the world or person with a messy studio/space. The magazines about studios and woman’s workspace made me think I lived in another universe. Love some of the ideas and re do my labels as they fall off, with the help of a rather bored cat. now must go read the piece by that wonderful person who explained organized mess. Thanks Julie, your series is the REAL thing!

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  • Wow! so i am not the only messy person in the world or person with a messy studio/space. The magazines about studios and woman’s workspace made me think I lived in another universe. Love some of the ideas and re do my labels as they fall off, with the help of a rather bored cat. now must go read the piece by that wonderful person who explained organized mess. Thanks Julie, your series is the REAL thing!

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  • Wow! so i am not the only messy person in the world or person with a messy studio/space. The magazines about studios and woman’s workspace made me think I lived in another universe. Love some of the ideas and re do my labels as they fall off, with the help of a rather bored cat. now must go read the piece by that wonderful person who explained organized mess. Thanks Julie, your series is the REAL thing!

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  • Thank you, thank you! My studio is such an overwhelming wreck! You’ve given so many great ideas – I now have hope 🙂

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  • Thank you, thank you! My studio is such an overwhelming wreck! You’ve given so many great ideas – I now have hope 🙂

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  • Thank you, thank you! My studio is such an overwhelming wreck! You’ve given so many great ideas – I now have hope 🙂

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  • Thank you, thank you! My studio is such an overwhelming wreck! You’ve given so many great ideas – I now have hope 🙂

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  • Thank you, thank you! My studio is such an overwhelming wreck! You’ve given so many great ideas – I now have hope 🙂

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  • What brand is that wire drawer storage unit? That’s great storage.

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  • What brand is that wire drawer storage unit? That’s great storage.

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  • What brand is that wire drawer storage unit? That’s great storage.

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  • What brand is that wire drawer storage unit? That’s great storage.

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  • What brand is that wire drawer storage unit? That’s great storage.

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  • I used large pizza boxes, turned inside out, to store my wood mounted rubber stamps. They each held 2 layers of stamps. I stacked them on carts by categories: Asian, floral, backgrounds, etc., and sometimes by manufacturer. I bought the boxes very cheaply from a local pizzeria.

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  • I used large pizza boxes, turned inside out, to store my wood mounted rubber stamps. They each held 2 layers of stamps. I stacked them on carts by categories: Asian, floral, backgrounds, etc., and sometimes by manufacturer. I bought the boxes very cheaply from a local pizzeria.

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  • I used large pizza boxes, turned inside out, to store my wood mounted rubber stamps. They each held 2 layers of stamps. I stacked them on carts by categories: Asian, floral, backgrounds, etc., and sometimes by manufacturer. I bought the boxes very cheaply from a local pizzeria.

    Reply
  • I used large pizza boxes, turned inside out, to store my wood mounted rubber stamps. They each held 2 layers of stamps. I stacked them on carts by categories: Asian, floral, backgrounds, etc., and sometimes by manufacturer. I bought the boxes very cheaply from a local pizzeria.

    Reply
  • I used large pizza boxes, turned inside out, to store my wood mounted rubber stamps. They each held 2 layers of stamps. I stacked them on carts by categories: Asian, floral, backgrounds, etc., and sometimes by manufacturer. I bought the boxes very cheaply from a local pizzeria.

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